domain names icann controversial in news
RSS domain names icann controversial in news
Sort by: Relevance | Date
Dot-com domain price hike sparks angry debate
News The settlement, approved by Icann's board by a 9-5 vote, ended a legal spat that started with VeriSign's controversial move to take control of all unassigned dot-com and dot-net domain... [08 Jun 2006]
Exposed: Dodgy domains spam message boards
News Moniker.com operates out of Florida and although the state's reputation has been tarnished in recent years by strong associations with cyber crime, CEO Cahn is insistent his Icann-approved registrar is operating entirely... [11 Jan 2006]
Virtual red light district still in limbo
News The fate of the highly controversial dot-xxx internet domain will not be decided until "a future date", a representative of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names... [19 Sep 2005]
Icann delays .xxx porn vote
News The move by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) was expected after ICM Registry, the Florida company that plans to operate dot-xxx, agreed on Monday to a month's delay, saying... [17 Aug 2005]
Icann signs off controversial budget
News Icann then had to gain approval for increased fees by two-thirds of the very domain name registrars paying the fees. Icann, the non-profit agency in charge of the internet's address... [14 Oct 2004]
VeriSign suit not about 'control of the internet' says ICANN chief
News In an interview with silicon.com, Paul Twomey, president and CEO of ICANN, said the case will be a distraction but that the organisation will continue with "core" issues such as internationalised domain... [08 Mar 2004]
'Villainous' VeriSign to sue Icann
News The suit, filed in the central district of California, claims that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) has transformed itself over the last six years from a modest technical... [27 Feb 2004]
Icann dot-com handover backed by court ruling
News VeriSign, which has a government-granted monopoly as the main database administrator for .com and .net domain names and addresses, recently has been sparring with Icann over the... [17 Nov 2003]
VeriSign to restart controversial '404' redirect service
News VeriSign's Matt Larson, who spoke at the meeting organized by the Security and Stability Advisory Committee of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), said a poll paid for by his... [16 Oct 2003]
VeriSign drops Site Finder
News In a letter sent to VeriSign on Friday, ICANN CEO Paul Twomey told the domain name registrar that it had until 6 p.m. Icann is the nonprofit organisation responsible for administering... [06 Oct 2003]
Icann plans thwarted by US bill
News Two US congressmen introduced a bill on Thursday that would block an Icann plan to give control of all expiring domains ending in dot-com and dot-net to VeriSign. The bill also calls for a federal investigation of... [20 Jun 2003]
Icann still can
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) was granted another extension to oversee the administration of domain names - the third expansion of an... [23 Sep 2002]
Outrage as surfers' voices are silenced
News As one anonymous contributor to the ICANN.BLOG discussion group wrote, "Personally, I find this very disappointing. Yesterday Verisign shut down the "Domain-Policy" list, in which users could debate... [25 May 2001]
'Not-for-profit' sites get own domain
News Icann has come under heavy criticism after seemingly obvious suggestions like dot-shop and dot-health were left off the list. Of the seven new domain names only dot-info is unrestricted,... [20 Nov 2000]
Web activists urge public to vote in Icann election
News Icann was formed in 1998 to take over the management of top-level internet domain names from Network Solutions (NSI) and to arbitrate on controversial issues such as... [30 Jun 2000]
Keep updated for stories matching domain names icann controversial in news via RSS
